National Assembly of Sudan

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The National Assembly of the Republic of Sudan المجلس الوطني السوداني
5th National Assembly
Type
Type	Lower House of the National Legislature of Sudan
History
Founded	1948
Disbanded	2019 (dissolved)
Seats	426
Elections
Voting system	Mixed member majoritarian (First past the post for 213 seats, proportional representation for 213 seats, 128 of which are reserved for women)
Last election	13–16 April 2015
Meeting place
Omdurman, Sudan
Website
The National Assembly (permanent dead link)

The National Assembly (Arabic: المجلس الوطني السوداني, Al-Maǧlis al-Waṭaniy) is the lower house of the National Legislature of Sudan. The legislature was unicameral until 2005. The upper house is the Council of States (Majlis Welayat).

The National Assembly was dissolved on 11 April 2019 following a military coup which overthrew Sudan President Omar al-Bashir and Assembly's ruling National Congress Party.^[1]

As part of the 2019 Sudanese transition to democracy, a Transitional Legislative Council is to be formed which will function as the legislature of Sudan until elections scheduled for 2022.^[2]

Speakers

Hassan Abdallah al-Turabi was the speaker from 1996 until he stripped of the post in December 1999, and placed under arrest after a falling out with President Omar al-Bashir.

Position	Name	Took office	Left office	Notes
President of the Assembly	Muhammad Salih Shingitti	1948	1953	[3]
Speaker of the upper house, Senate	Ahmed Mohamed Yassin	1954	1956	[4]
Speaker of the upper house, Senate	Mohammed El Hassan Diab	1956	1957	[5]
Speaker of the lower house, House of Representatives	Babiker Awadalla	1954	1957	[3]
Speaker of the lower house, House of Representatives	Muhammad Salih Shingitti	1957	November 1958	[3][6]
Speaker of the upper house, Senate	Amin al-Sayed	1957	November 1958	[3][6]
President of Central Council	Awad Abdel Rahman Sghir	1962	1964	[3]
Chairman, first constituent assembly	Mubarak Fadel Shaddad	1965	1965	[3]
Chairman, second constituent assembly	Mubarak Fadel Shaddad	1968	1969	[3]
Chairman, people's assembly	Alnadhir Dafeallah	1972	1973	[3]
Chairman, people's assembly	Rashid Bakr	1974	1976	[3][7]
Chairman, people's assembly	Abu al-Qasim Hashim	1976	1980	[3]
Chairman, people's assembly	Rashid Bakr	1980	1981	[3][7]
Chairman, fifth people's assembly	Izz al-Din al-Sayed Mohammed	1982	1985	[3]
Chairman, constituent assembly	Mohamed Ibrahim Khalil	1986	1988	[3][6]
Chairman, constituent assembly	Mohamed Yousef Mohamed	1988	1989	[3][6]
Chairman, constituent assembly	Farouk Ali Al-Barir	12 April 1989	30 June 1989	[3][6]
Chairman, National Transitional Council	Mohamed Al-Amin Khalifa	1992	1996	[3]
Speaker, National Assembly	Hassan al-Turabi	1996	December 1999	[3][8]
Dissolved		December 1999	December 2000	[9]
Speaker, National Assembly	Ahmed Ibrahim al-Tahir	2001	31 August 2005	[3][10][11]
Speaker, National Assembly	Ahmed Ibrahim al-Tahir	31 August 2005	November 2013	[12]
Speaker, National Assembly	Fatih Ezzedine al-Mansur	November 2013	1 June 2015	[13][14]
Speaker, National Assembly	Ibrahim Ahmed Omer Ahmed	1 June 2015	11 April 2019	[15]

2015-2019 session

The most recent session was elected in 2015.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Congress	4,321,901	83.4	323
	Democratic Unionist Party	249,768	4.8	25
	Democratic Unionist Party (Jalal al-Digair)	137,265	2.6	15
	Other parties	475,185	9.2	44
	Independents			19
Invalid/blank votes			–	–	–
Total		5,184,119	100	426	–
Registered voters/turnout				–	–
Source: Adam Carr Sudan News Agency

2010-2015 session

Sudan was previously in a transitional period following the signing of a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) on 9 January 2005 that officially ended the civil war between the Sudanese Government (based in Khartoum) and the southern-based Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) rebel group. The National Assembly consisted of 450 appointed members who represent the government, former rebels, and other opposition political parties. The National Assembly, whose members were appointed in mid-2005 replaced the latest elected parliament. All members of the National Legislature serve six-year terms. Article 117 of the Interim Constitution called for the 450 members of the National Assembly to be appointed according to the following power-sharing formula:^[16]

National Congress Party (52%)

• 49% to northerners

Other Arab political parties (14%)

• Umma Party (Hizb al-Umma)
• Democratic Unionist Party
• Sudanese Communist Party
• Sudanese Ba'ath Party

Sudan People's Liberation Movement (28%)

• 28% to southerners

Other Black political parties (6%)

• United Democratic Sudan Forum
• Union of Sudan African Parties 1
• Union of Sudan African Parties 2
• United Democratic Front
• South Sudan Democratic Forum/ Democratic Forum for South Sudan
• Sudan African National Union

Composition of the National Assembly following the 2010 election^[17] and the independence of South Sudan.^[18]

Party		2010 Election Results	Following independence of South Sudan
	National Congress Party (NCP)	323	316
	Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM)	99	8
	People's Congress Party	4	4
	Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	4	4
	Federal Umma Party	9	3
	Umma Party for Reform and Development	2	2
	Democratic Unionist Party - Origin	2	0
	Sudan People's Liberation Movement - Democratic Change	2	0
	Umma Collective Leadership	1	1
	National Umma Party	1	1
	Umma Party	1	1
	Muslim Brotherhood	1	1
	Independents	3	3
Vacant		4	8
Total		450	354

Parliament building

The seat of the National Assembly is Omdurman, immediately north-west of the country's capital Khartoum. The building was designed in the style of brutalist architecture by the Romanian architect Cezar Lăzărescu and completed in 1978.^[19] It is located on the banks of the White Nile at the confluence with the Blue Nile near the old Omdurman bridge.

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External links

• Official website